BILL NUMBER: AB 2882	CHAPTERED  07/05/00

	CHAPTER   78
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 5, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 5, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 22, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 15, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JUNE 15, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 25, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Reyes
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Alquist, Aroner, Bates, Battin,
Briggs, Calderon, Campbell, Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cox,
Cunneen, Davis, Dutra, Gallegos, Granlund, Hertzberg, Honda, Jackson,
Longville, Lowenthal, Maddox, Margett, Mazzoni, Nakano, Robert
Pacheco, Romero, Scott, Shelley, Steinberg, Strom-Martin, Torlakson,
Villaraigosa, Vincent, Washington, Wiggins, Wildman, and Zettel)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Alarcon, Bowen, Chesbro, Costa, Dunn,
Figueroa, McPherson, Murray, O'Connell, Perata, Polanco, Rainey,
Sher, and Soto)

                        MARCH 6, 2000

   An act to add Chapter 8.6 (commencing with Section 52270) to Part
28 of the Education Code, relating to education technology, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2882, Reyes.   Education technology and professional
development grants.
   Existing law, the Digital High School Education Technology Grant
Act of 1997, provides one-time installation grants and ongoing
technology support and staff training grants to school districts and
county offices of education that operate high schools.  Existing law
requires school districts and county offices of education receiving
grants to provide matching resources.  Existing law requires staff
training to include training for the use of computers, networks,
software, and other equipment, integration of technology into the
curriculum, and methods to instruct pupils in the use of computers,
networks, software, and other equipment.
   This bill would establish the Education Technology Grant Program
to provide one-time grants to school districts and charter schools to
acquire or lease computers for instructional purposes.  The Office
of the Secretary for Education would be required to administer the
application process for the award of grants.  The first priority for
the funds would be to ensure that high school pupils in schools
offering 3 or fewer advanced placement courses have access to
advanced placement courses online.  The bill would also establish the
Education Technology Professional Development Program to provide
teacher training on the use of technology in the classroom.  The bill
would require the California State University to administer the
training and would require the Secretary for Education to select a
contractor to conduct an independent evaluation of the program and to
report to the Governor and Legislature by January 1, 2002.
   The bill would authorize school districts to purchase or lease
computers, related equipment and materials, and other goods and
services using any statewide or cooperative contracts, schedules, or
other agreements established by the Department of General Services.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:



      CHAPTER 8.6.  EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS

   52270.  The Education Technology Grant Program is hereby
established to provide one-time grants to school districts and
charter schools for purposes of acquiring computers for instructional
purposes at public schools.  The Office of the Secretary for
Education shall administer the application process for the award of
grants.
   (a) The first priority for the use of the funds is to ensure that
high school pupils in schools offering three or fewer advanced
placement courses have access to advanced placement courses online.
Grants awarded for the first priority may be expended to purchase or
lease computers and related equipment and for wiring or
infrastructure necessary to achieve connectivity to on-line advanced
placement courses.
   (b) The second priority for the use of the funds is to increase
the number of computers available to all other public schools that
offer instruction in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12,
inclusive.  Grants awarded for the purposes of the second priority
shall be awarded at the school district level and shall be based on a
ratio of pupils per computer, as determined by the Office of the
Secretary for Education.  A school district that receives a grant
shall award the funds to its schools that have the highest number of
pupils per computer.  Each education technology grant awarded based
on the second priority shall only be used for the purchase or lease
of computers including system configuration, software, and
instructional material.  The grant amount awarded to each school
district or charter school for the second priority shall be
determined by the Office of the Secretary for Education.
   (c) All funds awarded pursuant to this section shall be used
solely to purchase or lease equipment and related materials for
instructional purposes and limited to classroom, library, or
technology and media centers in order to provide access to on-line
advanced placement courses for pupil and increase the number of
computers per pupil.  These grant funds are to supplement, not
supplant, existing local, state, and federal education technology
funds, including Digital High School funds.
   (d) To receive a grant pursuant to this section, school districts
and charter schools shall have developed an education technology plan
or shall develop a plan with the assistance of the California
Technology Assistance Project specifically for the use of the funds
available pursuant to this section within 90 days after submission of
the application for a grant pursuant to this chapter.  The plan
shall address the use of these and other technology funds to ensure
they are used effectively and in a manner consistent with other
education technology available at the schoolsite.  School districts
and charter schools that choose to lease equipment shall include in
their technology plan a payment schedule and shall identify the
funding source or sources for lease payments over the life of the
lease, including, but not limited to, establishing a technology
leasing account and amortizing the available state funding over the
term of the lease, if appropriate.  In addition, the term of the
lease shall be no longer than four years unless authorized at local
discretion, in which case the lease or purchase shall be funded at
local expense.  A school district or charter school with an existing
certified or approved education technology plan developed pursuant to
other provisions of law may utilize the existing plan for the
purposes of this program but shall, if necessary, amend that plan to
meet the requirements of this subdivision if the school district or
charter school chooses to lease the computers.
   (e) School districts and charter schools may purchase or lease
computers, related equipment and materials, and other goods and
services using any statewide or cooperative contracts, schedules, or
other agreements, established by the Department of General Services.

   (f) Funding for the purposes of this section is contingent on an
appropriation made in the annual  Budget Act or other legislation, or
both.
   (g) Funds appropriated to carry out this section in the 2000-01
fiscal year shall only be available to high schools, or charter
schools, that serve any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
   52272.  (a) The Education Technology Professional Development
Program is hereby established to provide teacher training on the use
of technology in the classroom.  The professional development
training shall provide teachers with knowledge and skills on how best
to integrate the use of technology into the classroom and
curriculum.
   (b) The California State University shall administer the
professional development training component of the program and shall
collaborate with the California Technology Assistance Project, county
offices of education, and other appropriate public and private
organizations in developing and providing this training.
   (c) The Secretary for Education, in collaboration with the
Chancellor of the California State University, shall select a
contractor to conduct an independent evaluation of the effectiveness
of the Education Technology Professional Development Program.  Upon
completion, the report shall be submitted to the Governor and the
Legislature by January 1, 2002.
   (d) Funding for the purposes of this section is contingent on an
appropriation made for those purposes in the annual Budget Act.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to implement the Budget Act of 2000 with respect to the
public schools and higher education, it is necessary that this act
take effect immediately.
